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<h1>Old-Fashioned Beef Stew</h1>
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<td>&#188; c flour</td>
<td rowspan="3">combine</td>
<td rowspan="4">toss, in 3 batches</td>
<td rowspan="5">brown</td>
<td rowspan="5">add to slow cooker</td>
<td rowspan="5" colspan="1" class="righthide">&nbsp;</td>
<td rowspan="6" colspan="1" class="righthide">&nbsp;</td>
<td rowspan="14">slow cook 8&ndash;10 hours on low or 4&ndash;6 hours on high</td>
<td rowspan="15">slow cook 15 minutes</td>
<td rowspan="15">remove the bay leaf!</td>
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<td>1 t salt</td>
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<td>&#189; t freshly ground black pepper</td>
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<td>2 lb stewing beef</td>
<td class="righthide">&nbsp;</td>
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<td>1 T vegetable oil</td>
<td colspan="2" class="righthide">&nbsp;</td>
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<td>2 c beef stock</td>
<td colspan="3" class="righthide">&nbsp;</td>
<td>deglaze</td>
<td>add to slow cooker</td>
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<td>4 carrots, peeled and sliced</td>
<td colspan="5" rowspan="8"  class="righthide">&nbsp;</td>
<td rowspan="8">add to slow cooker</td>
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<td>4 potatoes, peeled and cut into bite-sized pieces</td>
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<td>2 stalks celery, chopped</td>
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<td>1 large onion, diced, or 15&ndash;20 white pearl onions, peeled</td>
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<td>19 oz can diced tomatoes, with juice</td>
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<td>1 bay leaf</td>
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<td>1 T Worcestershire sauce</td>
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<td>&#188; c chopped fresh parsley or 2 T dried</td>
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<td>1 c frozen peas</td>
<td class="righthide" colspan="6">&nbsp;</td>
<td>add to slow cooker</td>
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<li>combine flour, salt, and pepper in a plastic bag or other
container</li>
<li>toss beef, &#8531; at a time, in the flour</li>
<li>brown beef on all sides on medium-high heat</li>
<li>add beef to slow cooker</li>
<li>add beef stock to the pan and boil, stirring up the
brown bits</li>
<li>pour all the stock into the slow cooker</li>
<li>add everything else, except for the peas, to the slow cooker</li>
<li>cook on low heat for 8&ndash;10 hours, or on high heat for 4&ndash;6
hours</li>
<li>put the peas in the slow cooker and stir</li>
<li>continue cooking for 15 minutes</li>
<li>remove the bay leaf</li>
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<p class="confession">shamelessly stolen from <cite>300 Slow Cooker
Favorites</cite> by Donna-Marie Pye, as
retold in <a href="http://news.therecord.com/article/250746">30-Minute
Miracle: The Record, 3 October 2007</a> by Luisa D'Amato</p>
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